History: with more than
7,000 or 8,000 years of history; called
as "the throat of Chuan (namely
Sichuan province) and E (namely Hubei
province)"; in the Xia and Shang
dynasties, used to be the ancient
"lands of Jingzhou"; in
Spring and Autumn Period, as well
as Warring States, cortrolled by the
Chu State, being called "the
west frontier fortress of Chu"
in history; one of the cradles of
Chu Culture; called "Xiling"
in remote antiquity; also known as
"Yiling" for the Yishan
Mountain in the northwest, "Xiazhou"
for guarding the Three Gorges

Transportation and communication:
Yichang arterial highways extend to
every corner, No.318 National Highway
crosses the whole Yichang City, through
which you may reach Shanghai in the
east and Tibet in the west. "The
Golden Water Route" of the Yangtze
runs through Yichang and it reaches
Wanzhou, Chongqing in the west and
Wuhan , Shanghai in the east. The
express way is from Yichang to Wuhan,
Beijing, Xi'an and the railway from
Yichang to Zhenzhou, Wuxi, Huaihua,
Guangzhou were put into use long ago
and an international railway container
transport network was also established.
Air transport conditions are advantageous.
Yichang civil airliners can fly to
China's 23 large and middle cities,
such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,
Shenzhen. The international temporary
air-liners was opened, too.

Importance of Yichang:
Yichang is where the middle and upper
reaches of the Yangtze River are divided.
Thanks to its advantageous geographic
location, Yichang has been defined
as a distributing center, an important
trading port and a transportation
hub along the Yangtze river linking
west Hubei and east Sichuan since
ancient times. For a very long time,
it has been renown as "Gateway
to the Three Gorges", and "Throat
between Sichuan and Hubei". Today,
Yichang remains a brisk river port
of China, controlling the access to
Chongqing to its southwest.